How Did Planters in the French West Indies Defy Their

question 79

Multiple Choice

How did planters in the French West Indies defy their government's mercantilist policies?

• A) They transported their products in British ships rather than French ones.
• B) They raised a variety of crops to achieve self-sufficiency but did not worry about producing a cash crop.
• C) They adopted the wage-labor system rather than use slaves.
• D) They refined their own sugar rather than sending it directly to France.
• E) They sold the rice they produced directly to the British North American colonies.

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